loader.efi.8/efibootmgr.8: Don't use contradicting term 'EFI BIOS'

Both (U)EFI and BIOS are completely different things, be precise and don't use
them together.

Reviewed by:	imp
MFC after:	3 days
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D56329
This commit is contained in:
Michael Osipov
2026-04-09 13:39:41 +02:00
parent 47ca491ca4
commit 4f684e929d
3 changed files with 12 additions and 12 deletions
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@@ -1007,10 +1007,10 @@ parse_uefi_con_out(void)
* If we don't have any Con* variable use both. If we have GOP
* make video primary, otherwise set serial primary. In either
* case, try to use both the 'efi' console which will use the
* GOP, if present and serial. If there's an EFI BIOS that omits
* this, but has a serial port redirect, we'll unavioidably get
* doubled characters, but we'll be right in all the other more
* common cases.
* GOP, if present and serial. If there's a UEFI firmware that
* omit this, but has a serial port redirect, we'll unavoidably
* get doubled characters, but we'll be right in all the other
* more common cases.
*/
if (efi_has_gop())
how |= RB_MULTIPLE;
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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd September 3, 2024
.Dd April 11, 2026
.Dt LOADER.EFI 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ process.
.Xr boot1.efi 8
is deprecated for new installations.
.Ss Console Considerations
The EFI BIOS provides a generic console.
The UEFI firmware provides a generic console.
In
.Nm
this is selected by specifying
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ primary if a UEFI graphics device is detected, or the serial console
as primary if not.
.Pp
On x86 platforms, if you wish to redirect the loader's output to a serial port
when the EFI BIOS doesn't support it, or to a serial port that isn't the one the
EFI BIOS redirects its output to, set
when the UEFI firmware doesn't support it, or to a serial port that isn't the
one the UEFI firmware redirects its output to, set
.Dv console
to
.Dq comconsole .
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ If this causes a doubling of characters, set
.Dv console
to
.Dq efi ,
since your EFI BIOS is redirecting to the serial port already.
since your UEFI firmware is redirecting to the serial port already.
.Pp
If your EFI BIOS redirects the serial port, you may need to tell the kernel
If your UEFI firmware redirects the serial port, you may need to tell the kernel
which address to use.
EFI uses ACPI's UID to identify the serial port, but
.Nm
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd September 22, 2024
.Dd April 11, 2026
.Dt EFIBOOTMGR 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ boot method to be tried once upon the next boot.
The UEFI standard defines how hosts may control what is used to
bootstrap the system.
Each method is encapsulated within a persistent UEFI variable,
stored by the UEFI BIOS of the form
stored by the UEFI firmware of the form
.Cm Boot Ns Em XXXX
(where XXXX are uppercase hexadecimal digits).
These variables are numbered, each describing where to load the bootstrap